Jon Wright
{{Short description|Film director from Northern Ireland}}
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Jon Wright is a Northern Irish television and film director and screenwriter.{{cite news|publisher=BBC - Film Network|title=Tormented: Jon Wright Interview|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/features/tormented_interview}}
Career
Wright is known for directing the British low budget horror comedy Tormented starring Alex Pettyfer and the Irish monster movie Grabbers. He directed and co-wrote the science fiction adventure film Robot Overlords starring Ben Kingsley. The estimated budget was $21 million.{{cite web | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/great-gatsby-actor-nabs-starring-519523 | title='Great Gatsby' Actor Nabs Starring Lead in 'Our Robot Overlords' | last=Kit | first=Borys | accessdate=2013-06-05 | date=2013-05-13 | work=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite web | url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/cannes/robot-overlords-sparks-new-investment/5056196.article | title=Robot Overlords sparks new investment | last=Wiseman | first=Andreas | date=2013-05-17 | accessdate=2013-06-05 | work=Screen Daily}} The film began principal photography in Wales, the Isle of Man{{cite web | url=http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/robots-to-descend-on-castletown-1-5680329 | title=Robots to descend on Castletown | date=2013-06-05 | accessdate=2013-06-05 | work=Isle of Man Today | archive-date=24 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924043114/http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/robots-to-descend-on-castletown-1-5680329 | url-status=dead }} and Northern Ireland.{{cite web | url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/our-robot-overlords-shoot-underway/5057108.article?blocktitle=Latest-News&contentID=1846 | title=Our Robot Overlords shoot underway | last=Wiseman | first=Andreas | date=2013-06-06 | accessdate=2013-06-06 | work=Screen Daily}}{{cite web |date=2013-06-05 |title=Carrick to 'lord it' as a movie setting |url=http://www.carrickfergustimes.co.uk/news/local/carrick-to-lord-it-as-movie-setting-1-5160636 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701073844/http://www.carrickfergustimes.co.uk/news/local/carrick-to-lord-it-as-movie-setting-1-5160636 |archive-date=1 July 2013 |accessdate=2013-06-05 |work=Carrick Times}}
Wright has also directed multiple episodes of television, for series such as Our Girl, The Good Karma Hospital and Brassic.
Returning with Mark Stay, Wright co-wrote and directed Unwelcome, an fantasy horror film, released in January 2023.{{Cite web |title=Unwelcome Trailer Sees Hannah John-Kamen And Douglas Booth Battle Murderous Goblins |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/unwelcome-trailer-sees-hannah-john-kamen-and-douglas-booth-battle-murderous-goblins |website=Empireonline.com}} Wright was inspired by the Grimm fairytales and stories from his own Irish grandfather. Wright described it as a "home invasion movie" and pitched it as "Gremlins meets Straw Dogs". The film uses many of the same production members as his previous film Grabbers.{{Cite web |title=Unwelcome Director Jon Wright Talks Irish Horror, Goblins, And Hannah John-Kamen |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/unwelcome-director-jon-wright-talks-irish-horror-goblins-and-hannah-john-kamen |website=Empireonline.com}} Unwelcome was released in Ireland and the United Kingdom on 27 January 2023, in the United States on 10 March 2023, and on digital on 14 March 2023 by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was previously scheduled for 4 February 2022, before being moved up to 28 October 2022, then to its current release date.{{Cite web |date=29 October 2021 |title=Unwelcome: official trailer for the new horror movie starring Derry Girls' Jamie Lee O'Donnell is here |url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/entertainment/film/unwelcome-official-trailer/581889 |website=stylist.co.uk}}
References
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External links
- [http://jonwright.info/ Jon Wright, Film Director] - Official Site
- {{IMDb name|id=1229323|name=Jon Wright}}
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Category:Film directors from Northern Ireland
Category:British fantasy film directors
Category:British horror film directors
Category:English-language film directors
Category:British screenwriters
Category:British television directors
Category:British science fiction film directors
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